Bloggers Need FireFox 2 for Live Spell Checking in Forms

OMG! I just installed the FireFox 2 browser and noticed something. It spell checks form entries as you type! Just as Word and its ilk do in their documents. Since its inception, I'd been using FireFox just because of speed, safety and security advantages. I added the Google toolbar only…

Continue ReadingBloggers Need FireFox 2 for Live Spell Checking in Forms

Gentlemen, Pick your Opiate!

Okay, ladies too. But I was going for a "Sunday, Sun-nday Sunda-ay" feel with the headline. I've always liked this Watterson throwaway reply to Karl Marx from 1987-ish. But, after reading some of the firestorm of responses to Erich's post about Misquoting Jesus, maybe religion hasn't really lost any ground.…

Continue ReadingGentlemen, Pick your Opiate!

The Allure of Ancient Wisdom

In Eastern cultures (Chinese, Navajo, Sri-Lanka, etc) they respect and even worship their direct and distant ancestors as a part of everyday life. The religions all embrace this basic respect for your elders. However, in the West, what's done is done, and the past buries its own dead. Except when…

Continue ReadingThe Allure of Ancient Wisdom

Why does cloning scare people?

I just got an unsolicited, automated phone call from an organization fighting against stem cell research. NoHumanCloning.org is dedicated to raising fears and resisting biological research that furthers naturalistic understanding of who we are and how to artificially repair our ailments. The current battle is to prevent this type of…

Continue ReadingWhy does cloning scare people?